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Post by Sara on Oct 16, 2005 13:07:35 GMT -5
This episode appears to be the first by writer Breen Frazier. Well, his first shot at live-action Alias anyway--he previously penned the animated story that accompanies the season three dvd set. Well, I'd have to say he did a great job! Loved this episode. That could be because Amy was in it, and a lot of Marshall. But I also like Balthazar Getty. (!) He's matured into quite a scruffy/sexy guy. The 'new' Sydney felt right in the role. And Dean - the devil in white city - was good, too. Peyton may believe she's working for the good guys, but she enjoys the evil aspects of her job a bit too much, I think. Plus, as Sara says, she smokes! I'm hoping for a backstory on her that will give her more shades of gray and some staying power. Guess I'll have to keep taping both Smallville and Alias this year. Oh and, Sara - any ideas on why they called it "The Shed"? Rachel said that the organization she was working for called their base of operations there in Prague "The Shed," as I recall, so I presumed that's what gave the episode its name. Why they chose to call it that, however, I have no idea. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking "but I don't want Amy to be evil." I did wonder, though, as I thought about it whether Peyton knew that Plan B entailed more than the e-m pulse. 'Cause she was all set to volunteer to eliminate Rachel, yet she seemed almost disappointed that Dean wanted to go with Plan B instead--which to me implied she considered Plan B a non-fatal plan. Unless the disappointment was because she didn't get to off Rachel personally. Show of hands--who else typing Rachel's name has had to use backspace each and every time to take out the extra "a" they automatically type in?
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Post by Matthew on Nov 25, 2005 14:49:05 GMT -5
Well, I'd have to say he did a great job! Loved this episode. That could be because Amy was in it, and a lot of Marshall. But I also like Balthazar Getty. (!) He's matured into quite a scruffy/sexy guy. The 'new' Sydney felt right in the role. And Dean - the devil in white city - was good, too. Peyton may believe she's working for the good guys, but she enjoys the evil aspects of her job a bit too much, I think. Plus, as Sara says, she smokes! I'm hoping for a backstory on her that will give her more shades of gray and some staying power. Guess I'll have to keep taping both Smallville and Alias this year. Oh and, Sara - any ideas on why they called it "The Shed"? Rachel said that the organization she was working for called their base of operations there in Prague "The Shed," as I recall, so I presumed that's what gave the episode its name. Why they chose to call it that, however, I have no idea. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking "but I don't want Amy to be evil." I did wonder, though, as I thought about it whether Peyton knew that Plan B entailed more than the e-m pulse. 'Cause she was all set to volunteer to eliminate Rachel, yet she seemed almost disappointed that Dean wanted to go with Plan B instead--which to me implied she considered Plan B a non-fatal plan. Unless the disappointment was because she didn't get to off Rachel personally. Show of hands--who else typing Rachel's name has had to use backspace each and every time to take out the extra "a" they automatically type in? Only three out of every four times, for me. And dammit, I forgot about that tv convention about the smoking. Oh well. But she's already shown herself later to be cold-bloodedly, ruthlessly evil: let's see if she can put on layers, like Arvin. She does "evil" well. What was that about "no competition between us" when peyton was talking with Rachel? Is Rachel gay? Is this setting us up for a really deeper Vaughn/Sid parellel than we were thinking?
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